The Myth Surrounds Gods of these Religions Quiz

Answer: Taoism

Yu-huang is the High God of the Taoist religion. Translated, Yu-huang means the Jade Emperor. Being a High God, Yu-huang rules the heaven and the earth, is lord of the living and the dead, gods, buddhas, demons, ghosts and humans. Yu-huang's role is to distribute justice according to the misdemeanour.

Answer: Australian Aboriginal

Yhi is goddess of light and creation and served as a solar deity to some of the Australian Aboriginal people.

As her legend goes, she helped to give life where there was none, and gave animals their distinct traits. After helping several species of animals, such as the kangaroo, wombat, seal and others, she looked at man and realized he had no counterpart. That is when Yhi is said to have created woman from a flower.

Answer: Shinto

Amaterasu is one of the most important goddesses in the Shinto religion. The name, which means "shining in heaven", is derived from the Amateru language.

In early tellings of her backstory she shared duties as the sky god with Tsukuyomi, who was both her brother and husband. The story goes that she was upset with him after he killed a lesser goddess and their partnership was broken. This is why there is night and day. She is the sun god, while he rules the night skies.

Answer: Taoism

Yuan-shih T'ien-shih is the High God, The First Principal. It is believed that he existed before anything existed and created himself from pure energy. Once created Yuan-shih T'ien-shih created heaven and earth and ruled over everything.

Answer: Celtic

Aine is the Celtic's Goddess of love, summer and sovereignty. Described in Celtic myth as being a sensitive and joyful person whose fame spread throughout the world on the sun's rays. Even so, Aine's stories or myths are portrayed as being depressing and even at times as her being vengeful.

Answer: Australian Aboriginal

Julunggul is a giant rainbow snake goddess often associated with fertility, rebirth and the weather.

In the Australian Aborigines of Arnhem mythos, Julunggul also helped young boys mature into men.

The name is also used for an extinct species of snake, which was named after the deity.

Answer: Inuit

Sedna was the goddess of the sea and marine life for the Inuit people. In different countries, her name has been known to change, but she is still often referred to as the "Mother of the sea" or something similar.

Her history has several variations. In some she rejected marriage proposals, angering her father and was cast into the sea. There is even one where she is depicted as marrying her dog when no suitable man is found. In several of the stories her fingers get cut off, either in whole or in part, and become the first seals as they fall into the ocean.

In each of the variations on her legend, she is taken to the sea by her father in a kayak and somehow killed.

Answer: Shinto

Ebisu is one of the "Seven Lucky Gods" and is a god of good fortune, the ocean, fishing, maritime and labour and labourers. Interestingly Ebisu is the only one of the "Seven Lucky Gods" to originate in Japan. Ebisu traditionally symbolized safe boating and fishing, whereas today he includes prosperity for all trades and businesses.

Answer: Inuit

The name Nanook means polar bear in the Inuit language. Fittingly, the god was the master of bears and the hunt. He punished people who broke certain taboos within the religion and culture.

Respect was shown to Nanook, the polar bear, by hanging bear hides in positions of worship within their igloos.

The documentary "Nanook of the North" was one of the first ever feature-length documentary films. Its subject was the bear and how it was worshipped by the Inuit people.

Answer: Celtic

Arawn is the king of a world where everyone experiences eternal youth and the world is completely free of disease, has abundant food, happiness and no conflict ever. Arawn has created this world using a magical cauldron that enables everyone to be rejuvenated, thus having eternal youth. Arawn is also a god of blacksmithing, war and revenge, and of the hunt.